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Real estate fund continue their advance (AP via Yahoo! News) - If location is the golden rule of real estate, then many who invest in real estate mutual funds might at times feel as if they've stumbled upon a great deal in the fanciest building in town.

SIOR chief forecasts robust real estate year (Las Vegas Business Press) - Dean Willmore sleeps easily at night. After a record year of commercial real estate deals, 2007 is shaping-up to be just as good. That's a good thing for Willmore, this year's president of the Society of Industrial & Office Realtors (SIOR), Las Vegas chapter -- the industry's premiere trade group.

Realize Big Returns with Real Estate (Helena Daily World) - (ARA) - It's a buyer's market, which is great news for real estate investors. There are profits to be made just about everywhere you turn these days.

Brazilian Real Estate Company Goldfarb Plans IPO (Nasdaq) - SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian real estate company Goldfarb Incorporacoes e Construcoes SA is planning an initial public offering of shares on the Brazilian Stock Exchange, or Bovespa, the company said Wednesday in a filing with the Brazilian Securities Commission, or CVM.

Sherow Named Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.'s Regional Relocation Director for Pennsylvania and New Jersey (SYS-CON Media) - Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc., the nation'slargest privately-owned residential real estate company, announced todaythat it has named Sandy L. Sherow, CRP, GMS, regional director ofrelocation for Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Forecast positive for Wichita real estate (BizJournals) - Guest speaker Mark Dotzour kicked off the annual J.P. Weigand & Sons Inc. forecast Tuesday with an outlook of the 2007 real estate market, both nationally and in Wichita.

New hotel lines up real estate broker (BizJournals) - The Grand Bohemian Hotel and Residences has appointed Coldwell Banker - The Condo Store as the real estate broker for the 32-story hotel and residential project.

UC real estate expert leaving (The Cincinnati Enquirer) - Norm Miller, director of the real estate program at the University of Cincinnati since 1981, will join the University of San Diego's Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate as a full professor and director of academic programs this summer.

Real estate firm wants to buy two schools (phillyburbs.com) - MORRISVILLE SCHOOLS - With a K-12 school on the horizon for the Morrisville School District, a local real estate company has proposed buying the district's two elementary schools for about $1.2 million.

Real-estate group hires activist leader (Denver Post) - After nearly four years of quietly doing charitable real-estate deals, the Urban Land Conservancy is ready to raise its profile.